Cover for railway-cars.



110.849,78@ PATENTBD 'APR'. 9, 1907.

G. A: HBMBUGHER.

COVER FOR RAILWAY GARS.

LAPPLIOATION FILED JAN. 2, 1907 "nin-rse sereine eener, einen.'

GOTTLEB A. HEIMBUCHER, GF CHiCAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSGNOR 0F ONE-HALF 21"@ WiN N EFRED KENNEDY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOiS.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

intentes April 9, 1907.

l A'ppumuon sied January 2,1907. serial No. 350.395.

es; well es' preventing the shaking of coel or the like free froni'the cer'when in motion, e further'object being in making 4the cover so .adjustable that when used u on the type of 'cefr thatl is not provided with op er sides the covers may be thrown to the s1( e of the cer and form e hopper.

Anotheredvsntege is inthe Ineens for de-l ftecting whether or not the covers have been reinovedwor thrown beck While the cer is in transit, and this is eccoinplished by providing `,Seel ineens in connection With the crank or' covers, so that if the covers ere displaced the f seul wiil have to be broken.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is en end elevutionel'view ofiny device es eppli'ed to e cer. Fig, 2 is e' top plen- View of my device applied to 'o cer, and Fig. 3 is :i horizestal section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 21v

journal-bearings 9 et each end thereof, which 40j ere secured to the cer-body- Each pivot# pin is provided with e gee'r 10, so as to afford independent rotation, and to each pivot-pin -is secured e section of a cover, there being shown herein four sections to form the cornplete cover. Two of the sections 11 are identical) in forni, while the two sections 12, et-- teche'd to the opposite side of the car from which the sections 1 1 ere 'sttechedere slightly Wider then `the covers 11, Aso that one set of coverswill overl'ie the other set when en apex is formed, such as shown in Fig. 1, in

" order to prevent water or the like from felling or dro pine-through the slot that would be forme et the juncture of two covers ofequal length. At one end of each cover I provide e downwardly-projecting flange 13 to inclose the ends of the car when the covers are in en angular closed position, as shown in Fig. 1. Secured to each corner of the cui', neer the bottoni thereof, is e shaft 14, that is suitably joui-nailed at 15 end 16, it being provided with the bevel geer-wheel 17 und is adapted .to be rotated by ineens of e crank 18, secured thereto in any suitable manner, the crank hsving ahendle 19 slidehly mounted therethrough and one end of the handle beingprovided with en eye 20, the purpose of which will hereinafter be described. Verticzilly disposed on the cer-body, et each corner thereof, is e shaft 21,thet is suitably journeled, es shown et 22, the lower end of which carries` awbevehgeer 23, internieshingl with the bevehgear 17, and the npperend of the shaftis provided. with e worin-geert` 24, that interineslies with the gears. 10, there being in thf, preferred forni four independent gears ldi jedepted to be rotated, end two geirs 10 et cejch end of the cer where the foursection cover construction is ein iloyed.

o When the cer is to be .lilled with goods, the covers are thrown out to the sides thereof, es shown by the broken lines at the right-hand side of-liig. 1,. and the contents may bc reedily placed Within the' car. if the contents forni i mound therein, the covers are engularly piste-ed over the niound, es shown in Fig. 1, (the forni that the goods assume being shown by the broken lines 25;) but if the goods therein assume e position that is prucs tica-ily level with the top of the cer the 'covers may be let down and assume e horizontal position, as shown by the broken lines 26 in Fig. `1, and to allow the covers to befinovod into this horizontal position in the closed forni l provide e notch 27 therein which porniits the cover to fell below the upper beerings 22 of the vertical shaft 21. Then the folding top is applied to e cer of the type herein shown',thet is not provided with hopper sides for, removing the contents thereof, I have constructed the gear mechanism so es to be able to drop the covers to the side of the cer, as shown in Fig. 1 by the broken lines 28, so es to ineke thein forni a, hopperwhereby vcoel or the like may be thrown upon the downwardly-deflected sides enr' discharged to the ground free from the track and into e vehicle or the like for removing the goods.

Referring now to the handle 19 and the eye 20 :it one end thereof, l provide on the car-body :i bracket-29 or the like, which has an aperture therein through which the end of the handle 19, carrying the eye 2() is adapted to pass, and a seal, as shown at 30, may he placed within the eye 20 in order that the crank may be prevented from being rotxited unless the seal is broken, the seal being applied in the ordinary forni after the ear has heen filled and the Covers closed, when the Ihandle is horizontally. noved forward of the carbody and the eye 20 carried through the aperture in the bracket 29. The covers may he secured to the pivot-pins S in any of the wellknown ways, and lhave herein shown onlyY a detailed niethod of securing the saire, whirh consists of keying to the pivot-pins a series of hinge members I l which are provided with a keyway registering with the keyway in the pivot-pins, in which a key 32 is inserted and prevents the hinge ivenhers from having :i rotating inovenient relative to the pivot-pins To these hinge Irenhers are secured the rovers 1l and l2 by neans ot' Ithe bolts 33 or an)Y other suitable neans. ln Fig. 2 it is to he noted that the Covers l2 are slightl)v longer thanrthe covers 11, whieh allows one to overlie the other.

lt is obvious from the foregoing description that l do not linit ni \fself to :i foldinf;r

Atop consisting of four sections. as the con top, pivot-#pins inning car to which the sections are at one end of each pivot independently rotating' fateli geur, whereby the covers are adapted to cover or uncover the eer, substantially as described.

2. railway-ear 'provided W h e sectional to Divot-pins mounted on trie earhody to w lich said sections are rig'ir'l'v secured, gears, one at one end of each prv pin, operatingi handles, and connections between id goers and operiitingdiandles for independently rototing each gear, whereby the. er stione are moved to cover or vnr-ever the r stantialiy described.

3. A rsilivsy-ear provided with. sectional top, pivot-pins mounted on the ear-hody to `which said sections' are seciired, said pivotiins being' situated near the ripper edge if said car-body, gears, one at one end of each and gears for rotating the latter to rover or uncover the rar, and eoiiperating niciins upon said car-holly and crank for the application ol aV seal thereto ,vhcreliy, when said rovers are r'losed, they eannot he opened without hrealiing sind seal, suhstsnlinllj. iis and for the purpose desrrihed. GOT'ilillB A. lllifviiifilll.

Witnesses:

(hns. F. iiiingfir, .lawns it. Orsini. 

